Improvement in seed-droppers



T. TEM ELIN.

sEEnma'oPPER. No. 1761708. i Iatait'ed. April 2-5, 1876'.

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Attorney;

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PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS VTEMPLIN, or HILLSBOROUGH, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-DROPPERS.

Specifi oation forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,708, dated April25, 1876; application filed 7 January 10, 1876.

to be attached to the axle of the sulky cornplow now ordinarily in use,as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

- In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section online :0 m, Fig. 1. 4

A represents the usual arched axle of the ordinary sulky corn-plow, withWheels B B and tongue 0. D D are two'straight bars of wood with ironstirrups a at their front ends fitted over the axle A, and bolted tosaid bars. 011 the rear portions of the bars D are secured theseed-boxes E, and the bars are adjusted at any distance apart by meansof a rod, b,'

passing through them and having nuts (1 on its ends, so that the machinecan be set to drop the corn in rows any width desired. Through the topof the two grain-boxes E E passes a rod, f, provided with alever, G,extending near the drivers seat for the driver to rock said rod back andforth. Within each box IE, on the rod f, is secured an arm or lever, H,the lower end of which is connected with the dropping-slideI inthebottom of the box. The arms or levers H are for the double purpose ofshaking up the grain in the boxes and for operating the slides I. Undereach box E is secured the furrow-opener J, and tube K behind the same,through which latter the seed is dropped into the ground. To eachfurrow-opener are attached the two coverers L L, which are formed of onepiece of x metal bent in the center around the front of thefurrow-opener and fastened by a bolt, 11, behind the same in a notch cutin the rear edge thereof, by which means the coverers may be set to suitthe condition of the ground either deep or shallow. In the rear end ofthe tongue 0 is pivoted a lever-hook, P, for the purpose of catching ona rod, :10, in the beams D D, and lifting the machine out of groundWhile turning at the ends of the rows or driving fromone field toanother.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the furrow-opener J,

provided with a series of notches in its rear edges,-and the doubleeoverer I), formed of a single piece of metal and adjustably held to theopener J by a single cross-bolt, i, resting in the notches in the rearof the opener, substantially as herein set forth. 1

2. The combination, with the axle A, of the bars D D, carrying theseed-boxes, hinged to the axle and provided. with a connecting-rod, w,and the lever-hook P pivoted to the rear extension of the tongue (J, allconstructed substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI affix my signature inpresence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS TEMPLIN.

Witnesses:

W. T. GREUBER, P. WINEGARDNER.

